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The railroads of the country continued last week to puff protestingly down the long earning decline which began after the market break last fall. The first 46 roads to report their March earnings. — “Business & Finance: Down Grade - TIME”,

I think it's a legal term. It's like you accept it but contend it at the same time b/c you really want more These were the terms I found: reluctantly,grudgingly, involuntarily, obstinately, protestingly, refractorily, resentfully, stubbornly The one used usually in legal matters is "involuntarily". — “What is it called when you accept an offer but not really”,

Despite the assumption by many that she is, indeed, Dorothy, Mara often reacts loudly and protestingly to being called as such, shouting, "My name is Mara Mara Shin!" By stomping her boots (given to her by Selluriah, the Witch of the East), she can turn into a witch. — “Dorothy of Oz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”,

The Dreamer by H.H. Munro (SAKI): American Literature features thousands of titles in our Short Story library. Don't miss our Short Story of The Day feature! to trade observances, much as an Arch-duchess might protestingly contract an attack of influenza for the unsatisfactory reason. — “The Dreamer by H.H. Munro (SAKI) - from the Short Story”,

The hinges of the stripped, wooden door creaked protestingly as Mrs. Logan's tangled tresses appeared around the corner. The sound reverberated, mingling with the old man's cough that followed protestingly after her retreating footsteps. — “Shadowed Homecoming”, .au

I doused the fatal instrument with lightning promptitude, but it was a good seven minutes before the last indignant handkerchief had folded its wings and gone back to its reticule and the last manufactured cough died protestingly away. -Margaret Halsey. — “Quoteland :: Quotations by Topic”,

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